Package-carrier.



PAFEINTED SEPT. 25, 1906.

J. W. CLARK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 25, 1906.

Application filed October 23, 1905- Serial No. 283,908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES W. CLARK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Janesville, in the county of Rock and State of Wisconsin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package-Carriers,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in store-servicedevices, and more particularly to package-carriers.

The object of the invention is to provide a package-carrier of thebasket type which is constructed and arranged so that the basket may beinstantaneously swung down from the carrier without lowering the carrieror moving the same from the wire on which it travels. By the provisionof such a device the number of parts are reduced to a minimum and thebasket permitted to swing down far enough to permit the clerk to removeor deposit the package without undue reaching or energy.

Finally, the object of the invention is to provide a device of thecharacter described that will be strong, durable, efficient, simple, andcomparatively inexpensive to make and one in which the several partswill not be liable to get out of working order.

l/Vith the above and other objects in view the invention consists of thenovel details of construction and operation, a preferable embodiment ofwhich is described in the specification and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of thecarrier and basket, showing one end of the carrier engaged in the bufferand the basket fastened in its elevated or loaded position. Fig. 2 is asimilar view, the carrier having traveled to the opposite end of theline and caught in the buffer at that point and the basket being shownin its lowered or unloading position. Fig. 3 is an elevation of one endof the carrier and the basket in its elevated or loaded position, thebasket and the fastening means being shown in vertical section. Fig. 4is an elevation of the latch end of the carrier in its elevated orloaded position, and Fig. 5 is an end view showing the basket in itslowered or unloading position.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the carrier, which comprises alongitudinal elongated bar 2, at each end of which bearingsupports 3 areprovided. Grooved wheels 4 are mounted in the supports 3 and travel on atrolley-wire 5, which passes between the wheels and the bar 2. Stops 6are provided at each end of the bar 2 beneath the bearingsupports. Thesestops are preferably covered with a soft frictional material, so as togradually arrest the travel of the carrier upon entering one of thebuffers 7. The buffers 7 are of the usual construction, and, like thecarrier, form no special part of this invention.

8 designates the basket, which is provided at one end with a wire loop9, the latter engaging with a hook 10, projecting from the carrier atone end thereof. At the opposite end of the carrier adownwardly-projecting rectangular housing 11 is provided. To the side ofthis housing a bracket 12 is secured. A bail 13 is supported to swing inthe bracket, while its free ends, which extend toward the opposite endof the carrier, are pivotally secured in clips 14 upon pins 15, the saidclips being secured to the upper side edges of the basket a shortdistance from the loop 9. The basket at its end beneath the housing 11carries a slotted or open latch member 16, which is mounted on theoutside of the basket and secured to short transverse plates 17, arranged on the inside of the basket, as more clearly shown in Fig. 3. Atits lower end the latch member is curved outwardly and carries ahandle-knob 18, which is secured thereto by a screw-bolt 19. The upperend of the latch member 16 is reduced and tapered, as indicated at 20,so as to readily enter the housing 11, the lower end of which is open.l/Vithin the latch member a hook-latch 21 is pivoted, its upper endadapted to engage in an opening 22, provided in the housing 11, as shownin Fig. 3. The lower end of the hooklatch is curved outward, so as toproject beyond the latch member 16, and supports the outer end of acoiled spring 23, which is secured at its inner end to a transverse bar24, extending across the open portion of the said member. By means ofthe spring 23, which is tensioned, the lower end of the hook-latch isswung outward, thus forcing the upper end into the opening 22 of thehousing 11, and thereby supporting the basket in its elevated or loadedposition.

WVhen it is desired to lower the basket for the purpose of loading orunloading, the operator has merely to grasp the handle-knob 18 and placehis thumb on the lower end of the hook-latch 21. Then by pressing thehooklatch inward its upper end is swung outward or into the housing,bein disengaged from the opening 22. The bas :et will now swing thusfastening the basket in place.

-downward with the bail 13 to the position shown in Figs. 2,and 5, thebail'a'ssuming a substantially vertical position and the forward orhandle end ofthe basket tilting downward, so as to permit the package tobe .ter thereof; the same will'swing down some distance atone end, as isillustrated in Fig. 2. When it is desired to return the basket to itselevated or loaded position, the operator again grasps the handle 18 andswings the basket and'the bail 13 upward, first engaging the loop 9 inthe hook and then swinging the reduced end 20 of the latch member 16into the housing 11, the upper end of the hook-latch riding into theopening 22 and Owing to the shape of the hook-latch, the same willreadily ride into place without being manipulated from its lower end.

' It is obvious that the bail will not in any way interfere with thecontents of the basket or with the removing or placing of packagestherein and likewise with the latch member and the-handle-knob which arearranged on the outside ofthe basket within easy reach of the clerk.

Having now fully described-myinvention, what. I'claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a carrier, of a basket having engagement withone end of of the carrier for swinging the basket downward.

3. The combination with a carrier and a basket having one end removablyengaged with one end of the carrier, a latch for securing the oppositeend of the'basket to the opposite end of the carrier, and a bail havingpivotal connection with the latch end of the carrier and with the sidesof the basket.

4. The combination with a carrier, of a basket having removable en'ageinent with one end of the carrier, a latch ior securing the oppositeend of the basket to the carrier, and a bail having pivotal connectionwith the latch end of the carrier andwith thesides of the basket at apoint beyond the transverse center of the basket with relation to thelatch end. i

5. The combination with a carrier provided at one end with a hook and atits opposite end with a latch-engaging part, of a basket having aprojection adapted to engage the hook and a latch arranged'to enter thelatchengaging part, and a bail pivoted adjacent to the latch-engagingpart of the carrier and having pivotal connection with the sides of thebasket nearer its hook-engaging end.

In testimony whereof I a'HiX my signature in presence of two witnesses;

JAMES W. CLARK. Witnesses:

E. I. MoGowAN, MAGGIE C. SMITH.

